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Father Fridays 67

2/15/2013

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My grandfather had a wife and 9 daughters (my mother is the oldest) and no sons. Now that I have four daughters, I begin to wonder if maybe my grandfather, who died before I was born, died young because of an overdose of female hormones in the house. It is hard for us as men to understand women’s emotions and the hormonal swings of their monthly cycle, but it is important for us to do the best we can. My daughters are still quite young, but there is already more daily drama at our house than in many Hollywood studios. My wife is usually pretty level headed and not overly dramatic, but occasionally she gets caught up like all women in the hormonal hurricane. 

As the head of the house it is my responsibility to firmly and lovingly keep these problems from getting out of hand. Peter, who was married and raised faithful children - 1 Peter 5:1, gives us one of the keys to a happy relationship with our wives. He says in  1 Peter 3:7,  “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.” The old G. I. Joe cartoon (1985) used to always end with a scene to teach kids to do right and they would always say, “Now you know, and knowing is half the battle”. Knowledge is power the saying goes. It is essential for us as husbands and fathers to have as much knowledge about the women and girls as possible. We can’t treat our wives’ like one of the guys and we can’t treat our daughters like sons.

While we have to be sensitive to the differences between men and women, we can’t allow these differences to be excuses for ugly behavior. I have heard so many times the excuse that PMS made a woman act a certain way that was sinful. It is true that there are challenges for your wife and daughters that you will never fully understand and that you will never face as a man, but the same is true on the other side. As a man there are desires and temptations that your wife will not fully understand. We can’t use gender as an excuse to commit sin, and we can’t excuse sinful behavior in ourselves, our spouse, or our children because of hormones and hormone changes. Jesus went through puberty and still He was without sin, and there is no other hormone effect like puberty. 

God created us and He knows our limits. He has not allowed us to be tempted, even by hormones, beyond what we can overcome - 1 Corinthians 10:13. If we coddle our daughters, which is sooo easy for fathers to do, they will become spoiled, selfish, moody princesses who make life miserable for everyone around them. That is not what we want and we have to fight ourselves to keep that from happening. - jp

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Father Friday 66

1/18/2013

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If you have a daughter you need to take 45 minutes and go listen to Dave Ramsey’s interview with Dr. Meg Meeker. She is a pediatrician who has studied the relationships between fathers and daughters for years. She authored a book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters. She has two great messages for fathers: 1) Dads are more important to their children than they realize. And 2) Don’t parent out of fear. The book is also worth the $10 that they are charging for it on Dave’s site for a limited time.

The interview is on the first hour of the show from Wednesday, January 16, 2013. You can skip the commercials and it will be about 30 minutes long. Just go HERE and then select the January 16th show from the dropdown list. The show will only be available for about a week or two so go listen soon.

To see the difference a dad can make let me show you what happened in our family just this week. My wife has been exercising quite a bit since the twins were born. I decided about a week ago that I needed to lose some weight and exercise. It has been amazing to see the kids wanting to get on the Wii Fit and exercise the past few days when they never did one time since the twins were born before I started exercising. 
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Teens Tuesday (This one's for the girls)

6/14/2011

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This week, I'd like to share a website for teen girls.  A friend of mine began this website and it is so wonderful for girls!  There are articles to teach girls about Bible topics and an "Ask Aunt Mary" column where girls can write in their questions to "Aunt Mary" and get biblical answers.  Check out this site and pass it along!

forchristiangirls.org

Check back next week for Tiny-Tot Tuesday and a review of a great product previously featured here!
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